“I’ve always wanted to swim collegiately and have that experience. I think it is going to be a lot of fun to be on a team with some really great friends and great swimmers and also just go to class with them,” she said.

Katie Ledecky is one of the greatest swimmers in the world, and at 19 she has time on her side. She’ll no doubt wow us in another four years at the Tokyo Olympics with bigger and better deals waiting in the wings.